Imitation inlaid design and built-up wood finish



Nov. 1-4, 1933. s. w. CHAFFEE stem/r2 W /f INVENTOR BY m (f A TTORNE Y Patented Nov. 14, 1933 I or rriaat hviJAInDESIGN AND V v v Thisinvention was; to the in oii iaag I hard wood inlays and is particularly directed to V perfecting suchimitation inlays to.such anfextentthat the illusion of 'callycomple'ta An object of this invention is to providemarkings or relief indications on photographic or other imitation inlays which will create the illusion that'each separate part of the imitation is actu ally inlaid in the complete design. 1

Other objects will hereafter appear when reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which. f Figure 1 is aperspective view of a block of T decorated construction material whose surface has been prepared with a photographic reproduction of an expensive hard wood inlay.

Figure 2 is a' fragmentary transverse sectional view taken along line 22 of Figurel. i In the drawing 1 indicates .a backing piece 0 lumber which forms the body of the construction material herein described. layers of-soft woodveneer, sanded smooth and adhered firmly tothe body 1. On one or both I of these surfaces 2 and 3 is applied a photographic representation of a hard wood inlay, which rep-' resentation isclearly shown in Figure 1.' The particular mode of obtaining this representation is not a part of this invention as such representation can be secured by photographic processes well known in the art. Border lines 4 and diage onal lines 5 indicate the lines of demarcation between the component parts of the simulated inlay; Along or in these lines I provide scores, 7 grooves, indentations or depressions which are indicated clearly in transverse section in Figure 2. Wherever lines appear on the reproduction simulating lines of division between the different elements of the inlay; these scores or groovesare -provided. By virtue of such indentations the finished product appears as an actual'inlay of wood pieces with appreciable spaces between them such as would occur. in a real piece of inlaid wood. Whereasthe bare photograph or other reproduction Wouldappear asa flat continu- "ous surface, this invention results in this surface being broken upat appropriate points and the complete illusion that the product is in fact an actual inlay, is created. i v Attentionis directed to .the fact that the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing isillustrative merely of a particular mode or' manner in which the invention herein described Q is practiced. The invention .is applicable to imitation inlaid designs not only on materials simiareal inlay is made --.practi- :1

are not true inlays.

2 and 3' indicate,

or pressing-machines.

i depthas to accentuate the simulation of the con I resenting the line ofcontact of adjacent pieces in A biimidn Novembrfii} 19129., "SerialNo. 407,031. 1'1"-c1ai s.;f (or. 411-24)" 4 I lar to. particular wood structure"illustrated,

i but also on any construction or decorating material, such as a 'sheet or ;slab.,of asbestos and-cement, on which an imitation wood inlay-can be pplied. Theinvention is not limited to the simulation of a wood inlay design but can be effectively applied to produce simulated wood finishes which i For instance where panels of 'WOOd are reproduced in built up relation as in cabinets, doors of cabinets, or on decorative walls; the lines of demarcation between the separate pieces of the complete structure are grooved 'in thej same manner as that:set forth herein. Moreover the graining of each ,piece, whether inlaid into a whole or whether built up into panelling, may be clearly and effectively brought out-by thepractice of this invention.'

' The grooves or scores may be impressedinthe surface of the imitationeithe'rj before or-after the finishingcoating material has been applied,

and may be made'by handor by scoring, grooving Having'thus described my invention, I claim f1. An article of manufacture comprising a base 'of construction material, areproductio'n of inlaid wood on: one surface of said base, and line-like depressionsin said surface outlining each element v of the reproduced inlay to simulate theline of contact only of said elements. I

V 2. An article of manufacture comprising a base sheet or board of construction material, areproduction of inlaid wood on one surface of said base, and line-simulating depressions along the lines. o e

of demarcation-between adjacent simulated elements of the reproduction to simulate the lines of contact only of the inlaid pieces;

3. An imitation of a joint between two pieces of, wood which comprises a representation of the wood pieces in abutting line contact, said representation being applied to a surface; and a line-. simulatingdepre'ssion' in said, surface along said simulated contact line of such limited width and 6. A simulation of built-up wood paneling com prising a simulation: of such paneling applied upon'the surface of a base, the definition of the lines of demarcation between the simulated units; of the paneling being accentuated by coincidence with said lines of indentations superficially formed in said surface and of such line "character asizto simulate the contactlineonly of the units ofthe wood panel. I

7. A simulation of inlaid'wood'applied upon a surface inrwhich the simulation of the lines of contact between the inlaid pieces is accentuated by line-like scores upon the surfacealong: said I V construction composed of parts abutting in substantially line contact, which'comprises applying simulated contact line.

8. Asimulation of inlaid wood applied upon a surface in which the definition of the simulation of the lines of contact between the inlaid pieces is indent enhanced-by line simulating depressions ing saidsurface superficially only. 7

9. An articleofmanufacturecomprising a base upon the surface of which is produced a simulation of a construction of the type composed of separate parts meeting in substantially line contact, said surface of said base having line-like depression therein coincident with the line of meeting only of the simulated parts to outline eachrof said parts and accentuate the simulation ofsaid lineofmeeting. V

' 10. An imitation of ajointbetween two pieces of a structure abutting in line contact, which comprises a representation of the pieces in said abutting line contact, said representation being applied to a surface, and a line-simulating depression in .saidsurface along said simulated contact "line of such limited width and depth as'to accentuate thesimulation of the contact lineof the pieces.

" 1 1. 'A method ofrepresenting upon a surface a to said surface a pictorial representation of said construction, andaform'ing EaIong the lines simulating said lines of contact narrowiline-like indentationsin the surface toenhance thesimulation of saidilines of contact. 1 a

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